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Alaskana Bibliographer Nancy Lesh has been with the Consortium Library from the very beginning. As the library celebrates 50 years, she reflects on the institutions history and future.

Explained: The original Foucault's pendulum, named after the 19th-century French scientist Léon Foucault, is a simple experiment aimed at demonstrating the rotation of the Earth

Invented by French physicist Léon Foucault in the mid-19th Century, the pendulum provided the first laboratory demonstration in history to show that the Earth spins on its axis. The pendulum in the new Parliament is meant to symbolise the ‘integration of the idea of India with that of the universe’

Get your bags packed, stat.

The invention came from French scientist, Léon Foucault, who made this almost two centuries ago. The year is 1851, and doubts regarding the Earth spinning is also a massive one, as many people argue over this activity of the planet and how it relates to other entities in the galaxy.

Its also a good day to learn more about the scientist behind the feat, Leon Foucault.

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The home on 11 Bluewater Hill in Westport has a Foucault pendulum in its foyer, a "living roof," and a tiki bar inside. It also accepts cryptocurrency as a form of payment.

Spanning historical and cultural traditions, these "hidden treasures" help tell stories of the University and well beyond, bringing into focus the disparate parts that help define where we came from, who we are, and who we hope to be.